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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2614711, member: 42773&quot;]At 1.2g, what you have there is an imitative coin commonly referred to as a <i>minima</i>. It is not a counterfeit per se, because it clearly wasn&#039;t meant to deceive anyone - the style and weight aren&#039;t anything close to the original. (Great example btw!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug mentioned two reasons for unofficial coins, counterfeits and circulating coinage outside of Roman authority. A third possibility, at least in the case of the <i>minimae</i>, is that they served as tokens - some have suggested military tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my one imitative FH, but not a <i>minima</i> - pretty close to normal size. The style is funky to say the least...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]572739[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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